# Montana SR 7: Confirm governor's appointee for district court judge in 7th

Montana SR 7, Confirm governor's appointee for district court judge in 7th, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Barry Usher (Republican); status adopted, last action 2025-03-21 (Filed with Secretary of State) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SR 7
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Confirm governor's appointee for district court judge in 7th
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-14
- Last action: 2025-03-21, Filed with Secretary of State
- Sponsor: Barry Usher (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Legislature, Judges and Justices
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (49 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Barry Usher (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Matt Regier (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Do Adopt | pass | 49 | 1 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-03-21: Filed with Secretary of State (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-03-02: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-15: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-15: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=eeb5e223-f936-48b4-be79-4d9bc3ed8745)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=4f3ef318-5a99-4e13-8816-a9d5bdcd12c1)
- Introduced, 2025-02-14: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d743c01c-7e48-49b8-a5ac-72b4bf0b69f3)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=eeb5e223-f936-48b4-be79-4d9bc3ed8745)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=4f3ef318-5a99-4e13-8816-a9d5bdcd12c1)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d743c01c-7e48-49b8-a5ac-72b4bf0b69f3)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SR7-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).